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Under our current economic model immigration is the only thing holding the country up.
Underperformed. Top End of the arse end of the world.
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Under our current economic model immigration is the only thing holding the country up.
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The problem facing Labour is Starmer.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
A whiff of centrism about this one. i could think of some actual examples that might serve the argument better.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Wealth trickles up, not down. We by and large live in a world of abundance already.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
A for profit healthcare business model dictates that that 30% will not be spent with the patient.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
I mean, that dude appears to hate the place. So...
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Lol you're as dumb as a box of hammers. Perhaps Hakeem can write a strongly worded letter explaining why we can't do anything. Centrists are the handmaidens of reactionaries. They'll take Trump over AOC every day if the week.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
People are increasingly turning to the right and a key reason is the failure of centrists. The only people who don't know this are centrists.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Centrist Democrats are a key reason Trump exists.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Centrists hate Progressives and the Left more than they hate Reactionaries and Conservatives.
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Nope
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Lol bollocks. Assisted dying vs months months of care. Same same. Dickheads
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Dickheads like Gerry Harvey think productivity equals corporate profits. Clown.
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Fuggin Kylie Mate Fair Dinkum.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Drew Pavlou is a would-be grifter too stupid to grift. In today’s world, that’s quite the achievement.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
MAGA Energy? You fucking morons. What are you? The New York Fucking Times?
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Your average Australian firefighter has Trumpist sympathies. Bit like Aussie mainstream journo that got a rubber bullet. All good.
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The Broken Britain narrative he pushes every day.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
He said "These are kids that we have to show that at this age, like that?” You only say that if you think a gay person with a kid is different from a straight person with a kid. Let’s be very clear that Snoop is a homophobic fuckwit.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
The right doesn't fear an oppressive state. It only fears a state that will oppress them. They couldn't care less about anyone else.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Some other things to change it: people could learn the rules themselves. They could umpire their kids' games so they had a clue. They could analyse a game for the umpires' decisions so they had some evidence for their claims. This would also provide evidence they knew what they were talking about.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Imagine what the standard of football would be like if 99% of people never wanted to play because they were hated and disrespected and treated like shit? What do you think abusing a 12 year old trying to learn how to umpire does to the standard of umpiring.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
"if they got every decision right" When you expect the impossible, you'll always be disappointed. People have been hating umpires for decades. It's not a new thing. The single biggest thing is to lose the hate and make umpiring something that people want to do - then you'll attract the best people.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
The root cause is people hate umpires and whinge endlessly about them so no-one wants to umpire.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
That such childish things are important speaks volumes of the shallowness of both your intellect and your morals.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Could you be any more pathetic. You’re a deeply, deeply stupid person. Scold that up your arse.
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If only Tasmanians were as committed to her
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Be alarmed, not alert
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Bro
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Hypothetically if there were no billionaires
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Will people who commit violent sexual offences own the copyright to those.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
The Guardian sure does love rehabilitating centrist dross.
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Paying tax isn't a shakedown.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Lots of people are to blame for that. Having acknowledged that parents are part of the problem I'm not sure why they would therefore also be the solution. Swap the internet for drugs and tell me is your answer to the problem the same? Just keep your children off the internet is naive.
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Your comment didn't imply it, it stated it very boldly. Parents may be the first line of defence but they are not the only line of defence. Exactly HOW it should be regulated is what the conversation should be, not 'it's all up to parents we can do nothing about regulating the tech industry '.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Delegating managing the entire world to a parent also seems deeply ridiculous. Why not abandon regulations on everything and leave it up to parents.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
The reason bad legislation happens is because of people like you who believe there should be no restrictions. Imagine thinking free unlimited access to pornography by children was ok. Why should the internet be the only place in the world without regulation.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes it might redistribute wealth from the top to the bottom and we can't have that.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Between Labour, the Tories and Reform, there’s not enough room for 3 right-wing parties.
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One of the worst politicians in British political history. Should be fired into the sun.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Bit like the Labour Party then.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
So if a Democrat administration fired all white people from the military that would be ok.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
You'd need a spine for that.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
It ain’t a living in a liberal bubble he’s living in.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
He lives in a quite different time. Dealing with the consequences you might say of the Hawke Keating neo-liberal agenda.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
I assume the profits of the companies were included in the article. Tesco were booming. Over 3 Billion profit. Corporations are full of shit.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Productivity is more money for those at the top.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Always good to be reminded of how corrupt and morally bereft the mainstream media is.
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You’re a dickhead. Fact.
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Resistance must be non-violent, courageous, and steeped in mockery.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Libs are happy to be pulled to the right. Labor hate being pulled to the left.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
That's ok, just don't complain if you never form government again. Labor right hate the Greens and would prefer a Liberal government anyway.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Cycling infrastructure will solve 90% of the problems
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
This is 100% on Labor. Dean Winter has spent the last 6 months telling the Greens to FO. Clown should get in his clown car and GTFO.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
"My lot have f*cked this 8 ways from Sunday" Should have ended your sentence there
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
I think we all know what kind of person does this.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Winter gave them no choice. This is on Labor 100%.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Dean Winter is a clown. He should get in his clown car and GTFO.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Greens must oppose the motion tomorrow. No justification for supporting Winter. At all.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Remember when these twats hated masks?
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
We already live in abundance. It's the sharing about bit that isn't working.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Academic writing should also be published in non-academic formats in plain English. Not instead of.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
No wonder @latrobeuni.bsky.social don't want people talking about it.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
That's because centrists jump at their own shadows.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
The solution to umpires is to stop complaining. Cuts both ways. Deal with it. They're just people who choose to umpire. Step up to the plate if you can do a better job.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe journalists could replace them.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
It's maths you fuckhead
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Resistance must be non-violent and full of mockery.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
The core principle of centrists is anti-progressive. That's why they hate him.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Apparently they contacted Bevan Shields and he said it was the Unions fault.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
In TrumpWorld she might be charged with manslaughter
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Lol a worse collection of do-nothing centrists you’d go a long way to find.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
80% seems like a pretty god success rate
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe they're sick of people like you telling them they're stupid. The kicker is, it's you that doesn't think.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Cults rarely outlast their leader.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
The success is apparent but where is the evidence? Correlation is not causation etc.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Be interested to know what percent of Guardian obits are for men?
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Hakeem’s ideas are always put into reality. Hence the state of the Democrats.
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Good. You don't want to pay your way then $%#& off.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
You should do that then and leave the rest of us alone.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Has the causation of the Advance in the No vote been established, rather than its correlation?
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
The anti-trans agenda of @theguardian.com is quite sickening. It’s one thing to say trans women and biological women should not share a space - it’s quite another to be completely silent on the consequences of that view for trans people.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Good news. Wind it up and save the taxpayer a billion dollars a year. Has achieved precisely nothing.
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Europe has failed to meet the moment so far.
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I’m already here 😀
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Or for no reason at all
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Yeah most old people complain about everything as they age
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Guardian promoting the barely legal advocate Leonardo DiCaprio. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/au...
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The Guardian continues its anti-trans agenda. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Cap number of negatively geared properties at 2.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Lol Sinclair "cherry-picker" Davidson. Housing is not a normal supply and demand good so to argue standard supply and demand cliches is dishonest. Also dishonest is failing to admit that using property as an investment vehicle increases demand and negative gearing plays into this.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
"that's on you." The point being, of course, that it actually falls on everyone. Remember the days when the Left understood the structures that define society, rather than an atomised individual view of the world.
Dingbat (@dingbatthefirst.bsky.social) reply parent
Could Democrats do better by raising the interests of working Americans and knocking the billionaire-class down a couple of pegs? I reckon.
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The US can GAGF
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Merivale, that’s the wage thieves right?
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Crumb maidens
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Which just goes to show that sometimes elite musicians are worth listening to.
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That's because he and his supporters aren't libertarian
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Meanwhile, Palestine is on the brink of extermination.